Symposia & Workshops


SYMPOSIA & WORKSHOPS

	22 October 2009	Sustainable use of Natural Resources in the Arctic.
On 22 October 2009, the Willem Barentsz Polar Institute organises the Symposium: Sustainable use of Natural Resources in the Arctic. Young polar researchers and co-operation in Dutch Polar Research. More information: � In English � In Dutch

2 October 2009

Program Symposium:

Marieke Rietveld and Tjeerd van Weering

11.00-11.20�� Henk de Haas (NIOZ)

"Sediment and organic carbon deposition in the North Sea and other continental margins; no off the shelf science"

11.20-11.40�� Martyn Stoker (BGS, Edinburgh)

"Late Cenozoic development of the Rockall Trough: Royal NIOZ / BGS collaboration"

11.40-12.00�� Geraint West (NOCS, Southampton)

"One small ping on the echosounder, one giant boom for a whale: The clash of fact and fiction concerning ocean noise"�

12.00-12.20�� Michael Ivanov (University of Moscow)

"The Black Sea mud volcanoes and gas hydrates (Dutch-Russian cooperation)"

12.30-14.00�� Lunch

14.00-14.20�� Roel Nagtegaal and Geert-Jan Brummer (NIOZ)

"The Emerald Belt"

14.20-14.40�� Phil Weaver (NOCS, Southampton)

"A short walk along the European Continental Margin"

14.40-15.00�� Henko de Stigter (NIOZ)

"Submarine canyons: fast tracks to the abyss?"

15.00-15.20�� Furu Mienis (NIOZ)

"Irish corals"

15.20-15.40�� Carlo Heip (NIOZ)

16.00�� Reception